Current Team

The current members of the NUbots team, and what they do.
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Updated 2 Oct 2022
The NUbots team for RoboCup 2022 Bangkok
The NUbots team for RoboCup 2022

From left: Abigail Hall, Liam Craft, Ysobel Sims, Thomas O'Brien, Lachlan Court, Bryce Tuppurainen, Alana Noonan, Mikyla Peters

Academic Supervisors

  • Professor Stephan Chalup: Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computing (Computer Science and Software Engineering). Head of the Newcastle Robotics Laboratory and NUbots. Specialises in Machine Learning and Anthropocentric Biocybernetic Computing.

  • Dr. Alexandre Mendes: Senior Lecturer in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computing (Computer Science and Software Engineering). Deputy Head of NUbots. Specialises in Machine Learning and Optimisation.

  • Dr. Joel Ferguson: Lecturer and research associate in the School of Engineering. Specialises in nonlinear control. Supervises NUbots Mechatronics final year projects in a range of areas.

Student Members

  • Joe Bailey: Undergraduate student studying Computer Science. Vision data generation and benchmarking.

  • Clayton Carlon: Undergraduate student studying a combined degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Systems Engineering. Hardware and audio.

  • Peta Carlyle: Undergraduate student studying Software Engineering.

  • Lachlan Court: Undergraduate student studying Computer Science. Marketing Manager. Localisation, documentation and NUsight.

  • Liam Craft: Undergraduate student studying Computer Science. Laboratory Manager. Hardware and DevOps.

  • Jason Disher: Undergraduate student studying Computer Science. Team Secretary. Walk optimisation and odometry.

  • Abigail Hall: Undergraduate student studying a combined degree in Mathematics and Computer Science. Recruitment Officer. Localisation.

  • Thomas Legge: Undergraduate student studying Computer Science. Speech recognition.

  • Sam McFarlane: Undergraduate student studying a combined degree in Mechatronics Engineering and Electrical Engineering. Hardware and odometry.

  • Cameron Murtagh: Undergraduate student studying Mathematics. DevOps and software.

  • Alana Noonan: Undergraduate student studying Computer Science. Head of Arts and Crafts. Vision data generation and benchmarking.

  • Thomas O'Brien: Mechatronics Engineering PhD student. Deputy Team Leader. Motions, behaviour and localisation.

  • Jesse Perrin: Undergraduate student studying Computer Systems Engineering. Vision data generation.

  • Mikyla Peters: Undergraduate student studying a combined degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Systems Engineering. Hardware.

  • Ysobel Sims: Bachelor of Mathematics and Computer Science. Computer Science PhD student. Team Leader. Vision data collection and benchmarking.

  • Bryce Tuppurainen: Undergraduate student studying Software Engineering. Behaviour and underlying decision-making system.

  • Luke Warham: Undergraduate student studying Mechatronics Engineering. Vision post-processing and localisation.

  • David Wieland: Bachelor of IT. Postgraduate student studying a Master of Data Science. Specialises in community outreach, sponsorships and marketing.

  • Joel Wong: Computer Science PhD student. Specialises in computer vision and genetic algorithms.

  • Taylor Young: Bachelor of Electrical Engineering with Honours. Electrical Engineering PhD student. Hardware.

Junior Members

  • Ethan Bird, Software Engineering Undergraduate, Localisation.
  • Luke Haigh, Computer Science Undergraduate, Vision.
  • Frithjof Herb, Chemistry PhD, Vision.
  • Angelique Herfel, Software Engineering Undergraduate, Vision.
  • Ronack Jain, Computer Systems Engineering/Electrical Engineering Undergraduate, Vision.
  • Utkrisht Jain, Mechatronics Engineering Undergraduate, Hardware.
  • Thomas Maguire, Computer Science Undergraduate, DevOps.
  • Johanne Montano, Computer Systems Engineering Undergraduate, Hardware.
  • Cottrell Tamessar, Biological Science PhD, Vision.
  • Jesse Williamson, Computer Science Undergraduate, DevOps.

Supporting Members

Past members of the team that are still involved with projects, mentoring, and support.

  • Brendan Annable: Bachelor of Software Engineering Graduate. Ex-Team Leader. Lead Developer of NUsight.

  • Alex Biddulph: Bachelor of Computer Science, Bachelor of Computer Systems Engineering with Honours. Currently studying for a Doctorate of Philosophy in Computer Systems Engineering. Ex-Team Leader. Specialises in the Build System, Machine Learning and Computer Vision.

  • Kip Hamiltons: Bachelor of Mathematics and Computer Science Graduate. Ex-Lead of DevOps.

  • Dr. Trent Houliston: Holds a Doctorate of Philosophy in Software Engineering. Ex-Team Leader. Currently working at 4Tel. Specialises in Software Architecture, Machine Learning and Computer Vision.

  • Josephus Paye II: Computer Science Graduate. Ex-Team Leader. Works on NUsight, our web-based debugging environment, and NUbook, the team handbook.

Alumni

See Past Members for past NUbots members.

Introduction
Areas of Research
Joining the Team
How We Work
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